Book4Unit2_Reading修改概要1.ppt

The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the yield of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology. * * * * * Unit 2 working the land The first period Warming ,Pre-reading and Reading Do you know these food?Can you name them? wheat sorghum rice corn Potatoes Staple food 主食 1)What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people eating rice every day throughout the world. 2)Do you know the steps of planting rice? First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops. ploughing（犁田） Second, they grow some young plants. Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field. transplanting 插秧 Fourth,Spray the agricultural chemicals fertilizing(施肥) winnowing ( 扬 谷 ) What a big harvest! Pre-reading What problem do they show ? How do you feel when you see the pictures? If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ? How to solve hunger? making good use of the waste land developing the technology to… inventing a new kind of food… improving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our crops Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world. Who plays such an important part in agriculture? Yuan Longping “Father of Hybrid Rice” A Pioneer * For All People * Reading: The passage is mainly about __________. A. a farmer named Yuan Longping B. how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice Skimming Reading Comprehension Match the following headings(标题)to each paragraph. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams